Bill Text: NY A00048 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 48

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits a distributive share from passing to a person convicted of committing or attempting to commit a sex offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A00048 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00048-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           48

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, TAGUE, MANKTELOW,
          GALLAHAN, LEMONDES,  BRABENEC  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
          K. BROWN,  DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation  to  the
          distribution of a decedent's estate

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The estates, powers and trusts law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 4-1.7 to read as follows:
     3  §  4-1.7  Disqualification of certain persons from taking a distributive
     4            share
     5    (a) No distributive share in the estate of a decedent shall be allowed
     6  to a person convicted of  committing  or  attempting  to  commit  a  sex
     7  offense defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law where the
     8  victim was the decedent.
     9    (b) In the event that a person is disqualified from taking a distribu-
    10  tive  share  in the estate of a decedent, under this section, the estate
    11  of such decedent shall be distributed in accordance with 4-1.1 as though
    12  such person had predeceased the decedent.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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